Rules and Regulations

Submissions to the CIFFT Circuit can be done at any time. Entries after the 30th of May will be eligible for the next year´s Grand Prix CIFFT. The CIFFT General Secretariat makes sure that your film will be entered on time to each Festival thus securing your participation.

Every entry or series of entries must be submitted online. All entries will be entered in one category of each Festival unless otherwise agreed. Please use our online-registration on this website. The CIFFT General Secretariat chooses the best category for your film on each Festival, if not otherwise instructed.

Submissions can be made on our FTP server. Please note for your upload via FTP server: Format .mp4, Resolution 1280x720 or 1920x1080, max. 2 GB.
Formats accepted for 3D films: Side-by-Side. The entrant is responsible for the technical quality of the film. Note: All shipping costs, insurance, customs duties and handling fees for all entries must be prepaid by the sender. We cannot assume responsibility for customs clearance.

All material that has been aired/produced/posted online should not be older than 2 years, starting January 1st. The entrant must own the copyright of the participating film/online media or have the permission to use it.

The entry fee is calculated per film and per Festival. The costs will be charged after the CIFFT General Secretariat receives your entries. (20% VAT will be charged for Austria and entrants from EU countries without a VAT number). An invoice with the record and the total amount of your entries will be sent to you by mail.

Payments can be made either by bank transfer or by credit card (VISA/MasterCard). As best method of payment, we prefer a bank transfer from countries within the EU, and a credit card payment for countries outside the EU. If you choose to make payment by credit card within the EU or by bank transfer outside the EU, an additional € 25,– will be added to your total amount on your invoice, in order to cover intermediary bank transfer fees. Please make sure that given information about the invoice and categories is correct. An additional € 25,– fee will be applied for any change after issuing the invoice.

Entries should be in English. You may submit your entries in other languages as well. In that case, please send us the subtitles/synopsis of the films or the text translated into English in order to allow judging.

Every Festival has its own Awards. We will inform you as soon as we know your results, thus making your attendance at the Festival possible. In case you cannot attend personally, we will send you the award by post at your cost. Some Festivals offer the possibility to purchase duplicate trophies. We recommend doing so before the Awards Gala. If you are not able to attend the Awards Gala we will send you the trophy by post, in which case delivery and packaging must be paid for by the recipient.

You receive points for winning awards. These points are added up at the end of the year. The film with the most points will receive the Grand Prix CIFFT as the “World´s Best Tourism Film” of the year. The runner up´s will be “Nominees to the Grand Prix CIFFT”. The Trophies and the Diplomas will be awarded at the “Festival of Festivals” in Vienna (November). Traditionally the Grand Prix winner invites the Festival participants to the Grand Prix Dinner. (Please consult us for more details).

The entrant is required to assign the streaming rights to the festival organizers for publicity purposes, the rights for using the film or excerpts of the film, for public viewing or for TV (during events or TV Programs promoting CIFFT Festivals). In the streaming category, entering companies should provide a web link/URL that can be accessed by the Jury during the period of judging, and be available for public viewing for the period after awards have been presented. In case you do not allow any of the stipulations mentioned above, please inform us. The entrant bears all costs of copyright infringement that may occur through publication of the film.